Western Metropolitan Region
Dr CUMMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:42): (1939) My question is to the Minister for Health in the other place, and it is from a resident, Kyle, from Footscray. She wants to know where she can get some of these free rapid antigen tests for concession card holders. In January this year a program commenced where concession card holders were allowed 20 free tests, with no more than five in a month. This program finished on 31 July. With COVID cases and deaths rising again, Kyle feels like practically all of the community protections have been stripped away in the hope of people taking it upon themselves to do the right thing at their own expense. She also understands that there are heaps of free—apparently free, because nothing is free—tests stockpiled in public schools, sitting in storage cupboards, and she would like some of those so-called free stockpiled tests.